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THE SCREEN’S UNPARALLELED ADVENTURE IN SUSPENSE! 



J. ARTHUR RANK 

SALLY GRAY - TREVOR HOWARD - ROSAMOND JOHN 

"GREEN FOR RANGER" 

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Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT • Produced by FRANK LAUNDER and SIDNEY GILLIAT 

From the novel by CHRISTIANA BRAND • Screenplay by SIDNEY GILLIAT and CLAUDE GUERNEY • AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE 






Here’s what the show-wise editors of 12 - 
great national magazines told an 
estimated 90,000,000 readers about 


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. . . another must-see . . . exciting entertain¬ 
ment . . . particularly delightful is Alastair Sim 
..—Good Housekeeping 


able mystery ..— Movie Life 


. . choice comedy amid melodrama; prize 
performance by Alastair Sim as a Scotland 
Yard sleuth . . . highly recommended . . 


—Pic Magazine 


". . . tense, absorbing melodrama . . . intro¬ 
duces the very effective warp of comedy into 
its woof of murder . . . Alastair Sim as the 
idiosyncratic (but, mark you, successful) Scot¬ 
land Yard sleuth is superb . . — Promenade 


. . engrossing murder mystery—a delightful 
mixture of thrills, chills and chuckles—introduc¬ 
ing a new film detective with a rare instinct for 
homicide and humor—this Alastair Sim is price¬ 
less ..— Cue Magazine 


"It has all the ingredients of a really first-class 
thriller. . . but the best thing about the picture 
is Alastair Sim . . . don't miss 'Green for 
Danger.' It's one of the best murder mysteries 
we've seen in a long time." 

—Motion Picture 


. one of the most unusual we've ever seen 
1 —Movie Show 


". . . intelligent, baffling whodunit . . . the dia¬ 
log is eminently superior stuff, the same going 
for direction, production and acting all around. 
But the biggest bonus ... is Scotland Yard 
Inspector Cockrill (Alastair Sim) . . . (who) does 
a masterly job with one of the most fascinating 
and unusual characters seen on any screen in a 
long time."— Silver Screen 


. a sure hit . . . introducing Alastair Sim as 
a shrewd Scotland Yard man with uncommon 
manners and a sly wit.. 

—Airways Traveler 


"a thoroughly delightful detective story . . . 
Alastair Sim is wonderful. Our favorite line be¬ 
longs to the Inspector; responding to a dis¬ 
gusted doctor who discovers him to be a detec¬ 
tive, he fatuously murmurs, 'Sickening, isn't it?' 
'No, Inspector, it's not'."— Seventeen 


"Enchantingly done and high adult entertain¬ 
ment."—Paul Gallico in Esguire 


"sophisticated gaiety ... a varied and enter¬ 
taining roster of personalities . . . Alastair Sim 
has made a delightfully pompous specimen of 
his Inspector Cockrill..."— Theatre Arts 


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". . . bristling with fine directorial touches and 
expert acting . . . fully and perfectly turned to 
hold the attention of the audience ... bouquets 
for acting will go to Alastair Sim .. 

—Motion Picture Herald 


"A well-made and well-directed thriller, this 
maintains a high degree of suspense from start 
to finish, and sustains interest throughout . . . 
best performance turned in by Sim . . 

—The Exhibitor 


". . . an enthralling mystery thriller that builds 
to a suspenseful and ingenious climax . . . flaw¬ 
less scripting and characterization." 

— Showmen's Trade Review 


"All that an artist can do to breathe vivid 
imaginative life into a role is accomplished by 
Alastair Sim . . . excellent all-around acting, 
clever dialogue and adroit direction ... re¬ 
freshingly made and balanced . . ." 

—Motion Picture Daily 


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"... a slick murder mystery .. . sufficient pace, 
suspense, romance and comedy to make it 
engrossing screenfare . . . performances uni¬ 
formly excellent . . . honors go to Alastair Sim 
. . . topnotch direction."- — Film Bulletin 


"Frank Launder and Sidney Silliat, the two 
talents who wrote, directed and produced The 
Adventuress,’ have come up with a murder 
mystery which will keep audiences guessing 
and excited all the way up to the last minute 
. . . mixes the cold, harrowing chills of violence 
with the rib-tickling delights of light-handed 
humor . . . very pretty nurses . . . well worth 
seeing ..." — The Independent 


"... a highly acceptable mystery . . . will keep 
payees guessing . .. Inspector 'Cockrill 1 played 
superbly by Alastair Sim . . ." 

—Daily Variety 


". . . interesting characters and highly capable 
performers, from the topliners down to the^ 
smallest bits . . ."— Hollywood Reporter 


". . . tops in exciting mystery film fare." 

—Greater Amusements 


Blow-up of opposite page should make one of 
the most convincing lobby pieces you ever built! 


Copyright 1947, by Pathe Industries — Country of origin U.S.A. 



















BIG BROADWAy 
'GREEN' OFF TO 

Many Winter Garden Records Broken 
Despite Heat Wave, Rain, Strong 
Opposish; All Crix Raved 

N EW YORK'S Winter Garden, through whose portals passed some of the world's 
greatest pictures, saw several of its records go by the board when "Green for 
Danger" opened there for its American preem and stayed on for a long run. 

Despite terrific heat wave, rain and strong opposition in other first-run houses, 
the crowds began to come on opening day—and kept right on coming. Two big 
factors for the picture's outstanding success were the unanimous critic raves and 
the unusual advertising campaign, details of which are elucidated elsewhere on this 
spread. Big radio campaign and two fashion shows put on in conjunction with the 
opening also helped greatly. 



FEMMES WOOED 
VIA STYLE SHOWS 


T WO fashion shows held in conjunction with 
the Broadway opening of "Green for Danger” 
helped focus feminine attention upon the opus both 
visually and over the air, and can be repeated 
locally! 

The first was arranged in co-operation with the 
nationally advertised Peggy Martin blouse. This 
company made up a complete line in every shade 
of green and called the result the "Green for Dan¬ 
ger” Blouses. These were modeled at the famous 
Latin Quarter Restaurant by girls from popular 
Broadway shows. Maggi McNellis and Herb Shel¬ 
ton, noted radio figures, emceed the proceedings, 
which were also broadcast over WJZ. 

Hundreds of window cards in Peggy Martin out¬ 
lets in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn, in¬ 
vited the public to attend the fashion show and 
the turnout was a terrific success. The cards were 
so designed that the invitation could be clipped off 
and after the show was over they became out-and- 
out "Green for Danger” plugs. 

A little later a similar deal was arranged with 
Andreana Classics, wherein a fashion show was 
held at popular Iceland Restaurant, with the pro¬ 
ceedings broadcast by Ella Mason over WHN. 

Both these distributors are national distributors 
and the chances are that there are local outlets in 
your trading area! See women’s apparel buyers; tell 
them what was done in New York, and—repeat 
locally! 


It was discovered early that the picture began 
to build through word-of-mouth and that's an angle 
well worth remembering in planning your own 
campaign. What started the word-of-mouth going 
was the critic acclaim—and that's something else 
well worth remembering. It would probably do 
you a lot of good if you can get the critics to see 
the picture before opening night and then use an 
ad like the one on the opposite page. 

Spectacular Front 

Front and lobby were simple—but highly effec¬ 
tive. As shown below, marguee was covered with 
huge title in brilliant green. Lobby displays con¬ 
sisted mainly of the Alastair Sim figure used on 
the cover of this Press Book, which proved to have 
considerable tease value. The quotes from New 
York and national critics were also used in the 
lobby in blowup form. 

Window Displays 

Other items which helped get the word-of-mouth 
going early were the posting of some 400 special 
window cards which hooked in with the fashion 
shows explained on this page; 150 window tieups 
on Broadway, Fifth Avenue and crosstown streets 
in the midtown section, based mainly on green 
color promotions; the releasing of a balloon bar¬ 
rage; and a merchant co-operation based on the 
expression "Follow the green line," a play on the 
signs in New York's subway shuttle system. 


BIG RADIO SKED 
PLUGGED PREEM 

O NE of the biggest radio campaigns ever placed 
behind a Broadway premiere helped get wtfrd 
about the "Green for Danger” opening around 
early and often. Not only were local facilities used, 
but national hookups were also included—mean¬ 
ing that your potential customers heard about it! 

The campaign began two weeks before the open¬ 
ing with a dramatization of the story over the 
Mutual Broadcasting System on the "Let’s Go to 
the Movies” program. This was followed by a 
similar show on the Robert Q. Lewis spot on the 
Columbia Broadcasting System. 

A few days later Leo Genn was interviewed over 
WOR by Martha Deane. This was followed, just 
before the opening, by reviews—all favorable and 
several in the rave class—by Barbara Welles, 
WOR; Charlotte Adams, WQXR; Dolores Craeg, 
WINS; Adele Hunt, WPAT; Daily Dilemmas, 
WOR; Bill Leonard, WCBS; Robin Morgan, 
WOR; Margaret Arlen, WCBS; Mona Fisher, 
WWRL; Lu’s Tips to Teens, WWRL; Maggi 
McNellis, WJZ, and Jim Fleming, WNBC. 

The fashion show introducing the "Green for 
Danger” blouse described elsewhere on this page 
was held just before one of the Maggi McNellis 
broadcasts and was plugged hard at the broadcast. 

In another commercial tieup Dolores Craeg gave 
away pairs of Wysteria hosiery, promoted by E3^1e 
Lion home office exploitation men, to persons who 
correctly answered her questions and in return for 
the stockings she gave the picture liberal plugs 
all week long. 

On'a similar deal "The Ladies’ Man” gave away 
green Andreana Classics inspired by "Green for 
Danger” to winners of the week-long contest he 
conducts over WOR. The picture came in for heavy 
plugs again when Ella Mason conducted a fashion 
show of the classics in the popular Iceland Restau¬ 
rant and later broadcast the proceedings over 
WHN. 

At press time for this book it was indicated that 
several big tieups with national hookups are in 
the offing for "Green for Danger.” This campaign 
is designed to carry word of the great show into 
every home in the land with a radio! 


If you want to make lobby panels similar 
to the quote panels of Sim on these and 
the following pages, you can do so by blow¬ 
ing up stills, which are available from the 
Press Book Editor. They are numbered 
IPL-III-P6A, -P7A, -P9A, -PI2A, -PI3A 
and -PI5A. ^ 



New York’s famed Winter Garden, which saw a thing or two in its day, saw some of the biggest 
crowds in its history on opening day of “Green for Danger.” Shot above, taken in early morning 
hours, shows how the spectacular was stressed. 


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RREMIERE SETS 
TERRIFIC START 


CRIME EXPERTS ASSIST 

C ONSIDERABLE publicity for the opening was 
kicked off in New York by a contest, partici¬ 
pated in by 30 members of the Mystery Writers 
of America and professional crime reporters who 
tried to name the killer and the method used in 
the killing after seeing most of the picture. 

Twelve of the experts named the killer correctly 
and only five knew how the murder was com¬ 
mitted. This stunt can be repeated locally by invit¬ 
ing the local police officials and crime reporters. 
The invitations should be sent out in the name of 
Alastair Sim. 

While this should be good for pictures and 
stories, you obviously will not want to give away 
the identity of the killer, nor the method employed 
in the killing. Just mention of the fact that the 
identity was discovered is enough. Winners can 
be given some kind of a prize in Sim’s name. 


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N. Y. Crix Rave 


New York's movie crix were unani¬ 
mous in acclaiming "Green for Dan¬ 
ger." Herewith are excerpts from 
their comments. Some of these were 
used in the special ad reproduced in 
the next column. You may be able to 
do the same with local critic comment 
when it comes along! 

"Loaded with suspense! Make a note to 

see it!" 

—Kate Cameron, Daily News 


"Well worth seeing! Amusing and gripping 
drama. All the excitement sheer technique 
can build—and that is plenty." 

—Otis L. Guernsey, Jr., Herald Tribune 

* * * 

"You've got to buy a ticket! All the know¬ 
how of creating suspense . . . bright, gay, 
enjoyable." 

—Lee Mortimer, Daily Mirror 


"A humdinger of a baffler! Deftly humor¬ 
ous, intriguing and startling. Alastair Sim is 
^ v, <ie most engaging detective the screen has 
’^?Sen since Nick Charles was young. Settled 
down at the Winter Garden for a com¬ 
fortable stay!" 

—Tom Pryor, N. Y. Times 


"An extra special treat! A tonic for the 
audience . . . intelligent, well-written, well 
cast. Inspector Cockrill is an enchanting 
creation!" 

—Cecelia Ager, PM 


"Don't shrug off the Winter Garden in your 
movie plans!" 

—Alton Cook, World-Telegram 


"Corking good thriller! Suspenseful . . . slick 
. . . deftly devised. Mr. Sim is terrific!" 

—Irene Thirer, Post 


"More humor and excitement than most! 
Mixes suspense with comedy, plenty of both, 
well stirred!" 

—Eileen Creelman, Sun 


"Better than most murder films . . . ’Inspec¬ 
tor Cockrill' about the most ingenious gum- 
shoe since Nick Charles!" 

—John Maynard, Journal American 


SMASH N.Y. ADS 
NOW AVAILABLE! 

A DS used by the New York Winter Garden in 
its record-smashing "Green for Danger” cam¬ 
paign are available in mat form and may be ordered 
the same as any other mat in this Press Book. They 
may be found on Pages 20-24 inclusive. 

The two-column teaser 209 was found especially 
effective and its use locally is highly recommended. 
The one-column 113 was also utilized to good 
results, with quotes other than those from Good 
Housekeeping used by routing out the quote and 
inserting others in type. If you wish to do this you 
may choose suitable quotes from Pages Two and 
Three of this Press Book. 

Instead of using the magazine quotes in New 
York, some of the critic comments quoted in the 
first column on this page were used in Ad Mat 113. 
This will bear repeating locally when your com¬ 
ment comes in. 

Also highly effective was the ad illustrated in 
this column which was made up the night the re¬ 
views came out and rushed into print the next 
morning. This can bear repetition locally, with the 
quotes from local crix used instead of the New 
York critic raves. If you do this, it may be an idea 
to blow up the art and use it as a lobby piece. This 
may also be done directly from the art herewith. 

Spot survey on trains, busses, etc., disclosed that 
Mat 306 really stopped ’em and made ’em take 
notice. Not only did it dominate the newspaper 
page but the unusual title treatment proved a real 
eye tickler. 






Critics Hail 1 Green for Danger as * 

the Year's Suspense-Filled Sensation! 


"Loaded with suspense! 
Make a note to see it 1” 
-KATE CAMERON, 

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"Well worth seeing! Amusing 
and gripping drama. All the 
excitement sheer technique 
can build-and that is plenty. ’ ’ 
-OTIS L. GUERNSEY Jr., 
Herald Tribune 
★ * * 

"You’ve got to buy a ticket! 
All the know-how of creating 
suspense... bright, gay, en¬ 
joyable.” -LEE MORTIMER, 
# t * Daily Mirror 
"Don’t shrug off the Winter 
Garden in your movie plans!’ 
ALTON COOK, W-Tele. 


*‘A humdinger of a baffler I 
Deftly humorous, intrigu¬ 
ing and startling. Alastair 
Sim is the most engaging 
detective the screen has 
seen since Nick Charles was 
young. Settled down at the 
Winter Garden for a com¬ 
fortable stay.” 

-TOM PRYOR, N.Y.Times 

* * Sr 

"An extra special treat! A 

tonic for the audience... in¬ 
telligent, well written, well 
cast... Inspector Cockrill is 
»an enchanting creation!” 

-CECILIA AGER, P. M. 


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J. ARTHUR RANK PRESENTS 

Sally GRAY -Trevor HOWARD -Rosamund JOHN 

GREEK DANGER 

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BALLOON BARRAGE 

BUZZES BROADWAY 

O NE of the highlights of the New York cam¬ 
paign was the buzzing of Broadway by thou¬ 
sands of green balloons during the height of the 
flying saucer season which just preceded the open¬ 
ing of "Green for Danger.” 

Balloons were about a foot in diameter and car¬ 
ried playdate information. They were released from 
tall buildings fronting on Broadway in the Winter 
Garden vicinity and, naturally, caused considerable 
comment and excitement. 

These balloons are available to you! 
Besides releasing them generally you can 
give it out that the balloons carrying a 
lucky number or some other gimmick en¬ 
titles finder to free admittance to see 
"Green for Danger 

Copy on balloon reads: "See 'Green for Danger’ 
at the (theatre and playdate).” 

Remember this: Don’t inflate them with hydro¬ 
gen or you—nor anybody else—will ever see them 
again. Use plain air from bicycle pump, garage 
tank, spray gun, etc. 

Herewith, prices, f.o.b., New York: 

500.$30.20 

1,000.$50.20 

Order from 

Economy Novelty and Printing Company 
225 West 39th Street, 

New York City 



Page Five 
















TWO PAGES OF STUNTS 
SENSATIONAL PLOT, 


W ORD-OF-MOUTH will prove your most efficient sales angle in selling "Green 
for Danger," and the idea is to get it going as soon as you possibly can— 
which means at least two weeks before you open. Good way to do this is to start 
with the teaser ads illustrated on Pages Nine and 20 of this Press Book and then 


follow immediately with the stunts listed 
below. Use as many as you can I Think 
up others of your own! Remember: in 
order to get that word-of-mouth going 
you've got to display showmanship—the 
old-fashioned kind of showmanship! 
Showmanship like this: 

"GREEN" SPARKS 
ONE DAY CONTEST 

H ERE’S a one-shot for newspaper or herald use 
which plays on the word "green.” It’s simple 
and should get a lot of people interested. If you 
plant it in a newspaper, dress it up with some of 
the scene cuts illustrated in the Publicity Section 
of this Press Book. 

See "Green for Danger” 
As Theatre’s Guests! 

Green’s your lucky color today! 

You can win yourself a pair of guest tickets 
to see the sensational "Green for Danger” 
everybody’s talking about if you know a 
couple of well-known facts about green, and 
here’s your chance to find out how much you 
know. 

There are ten sentences below. Each is in¬ 
complete. We want you to fill in the correct 
words and rush your answers to us. 

First ten contestants who submit the cor¬ 
rect list get a pair of guest tickets each to see 
"Green for Danger,” an unparalleled ad¬ 
venture in screen suspense, when it opens 
. at the . Theatre! 

1. A famous song sings about "those cool and 
limpid . .” 

2. Lloyd Douglas wrote the popular novel "Green 

3. The musical "Oklahoma!” is from the play 

"Green Grow . .” 

■f. Bette Davis and George Arliss starred in the 

motion picture "The Green . 

5. The famous Irish song celebrates "The 

. of the Green.” 

6. Marc Connolly wrote the play "Green 

8. Mary O’Hara wrote the novel "Green Grass 

9. A famous lyric bids the "rain, make the 

. green again, rain.” 

10. . Green was a name of a famous 

woman financier. 

(Answers on Page 30) 



FASHIONS 

What with the danger angle be¬ 
coming increasingly popular in the 
merchandising of women's garb and 
accessories (vide: recent perfume and 
lipstick ads) the title "Green for Dan¬ 
ger" gives you a perfect in for ads 
and window displays. 

"Blue," says such an ad or window 
card, "is for allure. Red for warmth. 
Yellow for charm. And GREEN FOR 
DANGER!" 

Displays, of course, are of green 
dresses, hats, emerald fripperies, etc. 


LOBBY STUNT: 

I F there is a professional weight guesser 
available among the people in town 
or if you can get one by arrangement 
with a visiting carnival, you can set up 
an intriguing lobby gag. The weight 
guesser sets up in your lobby and goes 
into his act. A big card near him states 
. . . "I'm the world's greatest weight de¬ 
tective ... see the 'world's greatest detec¬ 
tive' Inspector Cockrill in 'Green for 
Danger.'" 


POLICE HELP: 

I F you have established friendly rela¬ 
tions with the local police department 
you may be able to persuade the chief 
to make Inspector Cockrill an honorary 
member of his detective bureau. Of 
course the chief does this because he is 
so pleased by the brilliant deduction ex¬ 
hibited by Alastair Sim in "Green for 
Danger." You may be able to assist the 
chief in preparing a scroll to commemo¬ 
rate the event which can be displayed in 
your lobby. This might also make a news¬ 
paper story on the angle of "World's 
Greatest Detective Joins Local Force." 

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TACK CARDS: 

M AKE something extra-special out of 
your street light pole tack cards by 
combining special art of Alastair Sim 
as Inspector Cockrill with the "World's 
Greatest Detective" angle stressed in the 
Ad Campaign (See Pages 15, 17 and 21.) 

Cards utilize Stills 1PL-111-P8, 9, 10, 11, 
13, 15 and 17. Copy on the cards reads 
"'The World's Greatest Detective' went 
that way! Follow him to 'Green for Dan¬ 
ger' at the Theatre." Cards, 

of course, are arrow-shaped with arrows 
pointing toward your theatre. 


NEWSPAPERS: 

A LASTAIR SIM'S being hailed as "the 
world's greatest detective" suggests 
a question for a newspaper Inquiring 
Reporter. Guest tickets can be awarded 
for the best answer to the question below, 
and a blowup of the newspaper strip can 
be used as part of your lobby display on 
"Green for Danger." 

Here's the question: 

"Alastair Sim’s role in ( Green for Danger 9 
won him the title r The world’s greatest detec¬ 
tive.’ Whom do you consider the screen’s 
greatest detective before him and in what 
picture?” 



NAIL POLISH: 


W IN yourself some window space on 
"Green for Danger" by tieing up 
the picture with "Green Dragon," a new 
shade of nail polish now being distributed 
nationally by Chen Yu Company. Con¬ 
tact local Chen Yu dealers and to 
arrange for window displays of the polish 
along with a copy card carrying this 
message: 

GREEN FOR DANGER! 

There's no nail polish as danger¬ 
ously exciting as Chen Yu's 
"Green Dragon" 

There's moment after moment of 
dangerous excitement in "Green 
for Danger" which starts 
at the 

Theatre. 

PAGES: 

A FEW judiciously distributed tips and 
passes should result in convincing 
bellboys and pageboys in the biggest 
hotels and restaurants to walk around 
saying: 

"'Green for Danger' calling Inspector 
Cockrill, The World's Greatest Detec¬ 
tive. Inspector Cockrill, the World's Great¬ 
est Detective, 'Green for Danger' is call¬ 
ing you." 


Page Six 























SELL TITLE, 
ALASTAIR SIM! 


BOOKS 

Mystery fans all know Christianna 
Brand, who wrote "Green for Dan¬ 
ger," is one of the world's outstand¬ 
ing writers of whodunits and a little 
reminder to them that this story is 
hers should have a salubrious effect 
upon business. 

Reminder can take the form of a 
window card in bookshops and spe¬ 
cial bookmarks—made up by revamp¬ 
ing one of the one-column ad mats 
offered in this Press Book—inserted in 
all mystery books in shops and lend¬ 
ing libraries. 

Copy: "Christianna Brand, one of 
the world's greatest writers of mys¬ 
teries, wrote 'Green for Danger.'" 


CHIDNOFF STILLS 
CAN BE ORDERED 

I RVING CHIDNOFF, world-famed portrait 
photographer, has prepared a special series of 
camera studies of Leo Genn, who is featured in 
”Gre.en for Danger,” which are available to you 
through regular National Screen channels. One of 
these is illustrated below. 

Chidnoff has been honored with special exhibits 
b. in Paris and Berlin. He has photographed such 
famous personalities as Wendell Willkie, Mrs. 
Franklin Roosevelt and Nicholas Murray Butler. 
The Chidnoff Studio is recognized throughout the 
nation as the top college annual photographer. 
Chidnoff is the official picture-maker for such 
famous universities as California, Arkansas, Ala¬ 
bama, Florida, North Carolina, Syracuse, Colum¬ 
bia, New York and many others. His portraits of 
Genn have been acclaimed by photographic ex¬ 
perts as being among the finest ever made. They 
are ideal for special newspaper features, etc. 

Order these portraits from National Screen 
Service. They are "Green for Danger” Stills 1PL- 

111*01, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 

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« LEO GENN 

A camera study by Chidnoff, available through National 
Screen. 


UMBRELLAS: 

S TILL 1PL-1I1-P8A of Alastair Sim, 
"Green for Danger's" ace detective 
who uses an umbrella as his trademark, 
can logically and profitably be used for 
a window tieup with a local retailer of 
umbrellas. Copy can be pitched in a gag 
vein like this: 

"I couldn't catch a murderer with¬ 
out my umbrella" says Alastair 
Sim, star of "Green for Danger.' 
YOU can help avoid catching 
colds by carrying an umbrella 
from Blanks. 


LAST CALL: 

S AVE this "shot in the arm" throwaway 
gag for the last day of the run of 
"Green for Danger." It can really be a 
big business builder. Throwaway consists 
of green ink on white paper with copy 
reading 

"GREEN FOR DANGER" 
and 

YOU'RE IN DANGER! 
of missing the picture that Billy Rose says 
"Makes other pictures look like pillow 
fights in a girl's dormitory." TODAY IS 
THE LAST DAY FOR "GREEN FOR DAN¬ 
GER" AT THE . THEATRE! 

• 

SALES HELP: 

if you work this window gag with any 
Jfi’PHE World's Greatest Detective" can 
1 become your town's best salesman 
local merchant who's having a sale im¬ 
mediately preceding or during the run 
of "Green for Danger." Gag uses art of 
Alastair Sim as Inspector Cockrill (Still 
1P1-111-P8A) and copy reading: 

"Even Inspector Cockrill, 'world's 
greatest detective/ couldn't find 
better values." 

PARKS: 

K EEP selling the provocative title by 
checking with local Park Department 
to see if they are painting any benches 
or other pieces of equipment with green 
paint. If they are you can make up cards 
with this copy: "GREEN FOR DANGER 
... LOOK OUT! WET PAINT!" Plant these 
cards on all benches, etc. as they are 
painted. This stunt can also be worked 
with any other green paint job which is 
going on around town. 



EMPTY STORES: 

E VEN the empty stores in town can help 
sell tickets for "Green for Danger" 
via the time-tested "soap the windows 
and. tease 'em" routine. Start it working 
by soaping all empty store windows 
leaving only a small surface clear. A copy 
card on the outside of the windows reads: 
"The world's greatest detective is inside." 
When the people look into the un¬ 
soaped portion they see a still of Sim 
(1PL-111-P8A) with copy reading: "I'm 
Inspector Cockrill, the world's greatest 
detective. See me solve the most baffling 
case of my career in 'Green for Danger.'" 

• 

LOBBY BOOK: 

##TNSPECTOR Cockrill's Case Book" 
X can be used in your lobby the week 
before opening of "Green for Danger" to 
tell patrons that a super-exciting mystery 
is on the way. Idea is to take a selection 
of stills from the picture and mount on 
cardboard which is then tied together to 
make a book. Book is displayed on a 
stand in lobby. Over the stand is copy 
card reading: 

LOOK INTO THE CASE BOOK OF 
INSPECTOR COCKRILL 
THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE 
SEE HIM IN ACTION IN 
"GREEN FOR DANGER" 

• 

DON'T FORGET 

All stills, mats and accessories listed in 
this Press Book should be ordered from 
your nearest exchange of National 
Screen Service. 


SAFE! 

Local safety agencies can be tied 
in with the picture by using a play 
on the title such as "GREEN FOR 
DANGER, TOO! Look both ways be¬ 
fore crossing—even when the lights 
are with you!" 

Slogan can be printed on cards for 
tacking purposes; it can be used on 
the radio between breaks; policemen 
at important intersections can be 
asked to repeat it to line plungers; 
it can be inscribed on all school black¬ 
boards; traffic violators may be re¬ 
quired to repeat it a hundred times; 
etc., etc., etc. 


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'GREEN' AND SIM SOLD BY 
SUSPENSEFUL TRAILERS 

REEN FOR DANGER" is hailed as 
the year's suspense-filled sensa¬ 
tion! Convince your audience by using 
this specially prepared teaser trailer— 
containing outstanding scenes of the 
drama, the suspense and the expert per¬ 
formances of this critic-lauded film — to 
give you all the forceful selling punch 
you need for your advance buildup. The 
copy below gives you an idea of how 
smashingly successful this trailer will be: 

Follow this man 
in the footsteps of 
MURDER! 

The Screen's unparalleled adven¬ 
ture in SUSPENSE brings you the 
world's most amazing detec¬ 
tive . . . relentless in pursuit of 
MOTIVE . . . WEAPON ... and 
WOMAN! 

The picture so sensationally dif¬ 
ferent that showman BILLY 
ROSE said: 

"IT MAKES OTHER PICTURES 
LOOK LIKE PILLOW FIGHTS IN 
A GIRLS' DORMITORY!" 

SUSPENSE ... and TERROR ... and 
BREATHTAKING THRILLS ... in 
"GREEN FOR DANGER" 

Coming Soon 

Follow the teaser trailer with the regular 
trailer, which should run the week before 
the opening of "Green for Danger." To¬ 
gether they constitute an ideal pre-selling 
package. 

Order the Regular Trailer 
From Your Nearest National 
Screen Service Exchange 


Order the Teaser Trailer From 

National Screen Service 

630 Ninth Avenue, New York City 



RADIO SPOT ANNOUNCEMENTS 

ONE MINUTE: 

"GREEN FOR DANGER" . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER" — Beware of this woman! Her eyes 
— Green! Her lips — Loving! Her motive — MURDER!!! Chills your blood doesn't it? Wait 
till you see . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER"! I, INSPECTOR COCKRILL, dare you to see . . . 
"GREEN FOR DANGER." They are calling me the world's greatest detective ... INSPECTOR 
COCKRILL! Follow me through terrifying suspense! shocking adventure! in the year's most 
sensational screen thriller . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER" . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER"! 

ONE MINUTE: 

"GREEN FOR DANGER" . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER" — Murder is frightening isn't it? But 
wait till you see "GREEN FOR DANGER"! And wait till you meet the greatest detective in 
the world — INSPECTOR COCKRILL — And follow him in the footsteps of MURDER in . . . 
"GREEN FOR DANGER"! An unparalleled adventure in suspense — brought thrillingly to the 
screen .. . and plunging you deeper and deeper into terror! Don't miss ... "GREEN FOR DAN¬ 
GER" . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER"! 

30 SECONDS: 

"GREEN FOR DANGER" — Beware of this woman! Her eyes — Green ... Her lips — Loving 
. . . Her motive — MURDER!!! See . . . the year's most sensational thriller! Starring — the 
world's greatest detective—INSPECTOR COCKRILL! Don't miss "GREEN FOR DANGER" 

. . . "GREEN FOR DANGER"! 

30 SECONDS: 

Ladies and Gentlemen! Remember this title: "GREEN FOR DANGER"! Remember this n«me: 
INSPECTOR COCKRILL! "GREEN FOR DANGER" — an unparalleled adventure in suspense! 
Starring INSPECTOR COCKRILL, the world's greatest detective! See .. . "GREEN FOR DAN¬ 
GER" .. . "GREEN FOR DANGER"! 

15 SECONDS: 

Do you sleep well at night? Are your nerves on edge? Are you afraid? You aren't? Then see 
... "GREEN FOR DANGER" ... "GREEN FOR DANGER"! 

15 SECONDS: 

Shocks! Thrills!! Suspense!!! All in "GREEN FOR DANGER" . . . "GREEN FOR DANGER"! 

ALL ON ONE PLATTER—six dramatic radio transcriptions —highlighting the drama, 
suspense and exciting action of "Green for Danger." Unusual sound effects 
heighten the strange conflicts of a mind in terror! This platter will command the 
attention of every listener before and during the playing of this outstanding 
adventure in screen suspense at your theatre. The platter contains two one-minute, 
two 30-second spots and two 15-second spots. 

ORDER this platter from Exploitation Manager, Eagle Lion Films, 165 West 46th 
Street, New York 19, New York . 


I N addition to the spots and stunts listed on this page, many of the "Green for Dan¬ 
ger" exploitation suggestions on Pages Four, Five, Six and Seven of this Press 
Book can be angled towards radio. Check these stunts to make sure that you get 
all the free radio time that these stunts deserve. Radio is one of your best selling 
aids —USE IT! 


SPACE-GRABBING RADIO GAGS 


Does your town have a shopping news reporter 
who gets tired of hunting for a new angle to hang 
her daily chatter on? You can solve her problems for 
one day at least by lending her "The World's 
Greatest Detective" to go on her bargain hunt for 
her. Fact that you are a regular time-buyer on the 
station should help you sell the idea. Her program 
can use the slant "Today I sent Inspector Cockrill, 
The World's Greatest Detective" and star of "Green 
for Danger," which is now playing at the 
Theatre, out to shop the town for me. And he's come 
back with some great values 


"You may not be able to be the 'World's Greatest 
Detective' like Inspector Cockrill, star of 'Green 
For Danger,' but you can be our town's greatest 
tune detective and win guest tickets to see him at 
the Theatre." That's your pitch on a 

radio gag which can plug your film title and Alastair 
Sim. Idea is to get one of the stores with which you 
regularly co-operate and which already buys radio 
time to have its disc jockey play a tune without an¬ 
nouncing the title. First one or first ten to call in 
the correct title to the station can win guest tickets 
to see "Green for Danger." 


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COMP MAT A — ALL 4 ADS ARE 80 LINES 


STEP-BY-STEP THROUGH THE SOCK ‘GREEN' CAMPAIGN! 

See Pages 20 to 24 for Special N.Y. Winter Garden 
Ads That Sent 'Green' Off to Top Bracket Biz! 


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“I am the world’s 
greatest detective... 

wherever there’s 


LIPS 


MOTIVE . 


Unparalleled 
adventure in screen 


suspense—plunging you 


seper and deeper into the 
strange shadows of 
a mind in terror! 


ROSAMUND JOHN 


and presenting 


ALASTAIR SIM 


as Inspector 
Cockrill 


LEO GENN 


MEGS JENKINS • JUDY CAMPBELL • MOORE MARRIOTT 
Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT Produced by FRANK LAUNDER and SIDNEY GILLIAT 
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WEAPON? 


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a weapon... and a wowa *. 


Meet Inspector Cockrill.. .wise, witty, 

tough ... in the screen's unparalleled 
adventure in suspense... 
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of murder and mystery! 


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ARIHUR RANK 

presents 

SALLY 
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TREVOR 

HOWARD 

ROSAMUND 


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as Inspector Cockrill 

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a weapon... and a wfrna*. 


Meet Inspector Cockrill.. .wise, witty, 

tough ... in the screen's unparalleled 
adventure in suspense... 
a masterpiece 
of murder and mystery! 


J. ARTHUR RANK presents 


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BILLY ROSE soys 

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look like pillow fight* ,n 

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. . . world’s greatest detective . . . plunged suddenly into one 
of the most fascinating cases that ever chilled a heart . . . 
There JllW^as Nurse Sanson, whose lips were so 
soft. . JP and whose heart wasn’t . . . Dr. Eden, who 
had a way with jjjMUhe ladies, 
too many of them^iy. . . Nurse 
Linley,whokisseathewrong man— 
the wrong time . . . Dr. Barnes, 
who hated and loved 
so wildly . . . Miss 
Bates, who had a secret no 
woman could keep! 

Unforgettable JBT JHf char¬ 
acters, all... in an unparalleled 
adventure in suspense!^ 


J. ARTHUR RANK presents 


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Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT • Produced by FRANK LAUNDER and SIDNEY GILLIAT 


AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE • An EAGLE LION FILMS Release 


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THESE ARE THE ADS THAT 
HELPED BREAK N.Y. RECORDS 


GREEN 




ANY OF THE 
OTHER QUOTES 
ON PAGES 2 & 3 
CAN BE 
SUBSTITUTED 



is a MUST SEE! kg 
See it two or three times. I 
you’ll be glad if you do!”^ 


GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 

MAGAZINE 




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USING AD NO. 112 AS THE BASIS OF YOUR SERIES OF CLUE 
TEASERS SUCCEEDING DAYS CAN UTILIZE CLUES 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 
6 TO RUILD SUSPENSE FOR “GREEN FOR DANGER” 


| A stain on 

a gown is 


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in after Clue One is routed out of the stereo. 


An unparalleled 
adventure in 
screen suspense! 

J. ARTHUR RANK 
presents 



An EAGLE LION Release 


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available from your local National Screen Exchange. 


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GREEK 
DANGER 



iREEN 
DANGER 

The screen's unparalleled 
adventure in suspense! 

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GREEN A 

danger! 

The screen's unparalleled 
adventure in suspense ! 


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GREEN 
DANGER 

The screen’s unparalleled 
adventure in suspense! 

J. Arthur Rank presents 
SALLY TREVOR ROSAMUND 

GRAY-HOWARD-JOHN 

..“GREEN FOR DANGER” 

and presenting ALASTAIR SIM 
as Inspector Cockrili with LEO GENN 
Produced by FRANK LAUNDER 
and SIDNEY GILLIAT 
An EAGLE LION FILMS Release 


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* into one of the most fascinating cases 
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and whose heart wasn't... Dr.>||PEden, who 
had a way with the ladies, too many of them 
■>;. .Nurse a Linley, who kissed the wrong man 
fat the wrong time .Dr. Barnes 
who hated and loved so wildly... 
Miss^^Bates, who had a secret 
no woman could keep! Unforget-^ 
table characters-in an unpar¬ 
alleled adventure in suspense!" 


J. ARTHUR RANK PRESENTS 


SALLY 


TREVOR 


ROSAMUND 


GRAY HOWARD JOHN 

"GREEN FOR DANGER 

and presenting ALASTAIR SIM as Inspector Cockrili, with LEO GENN 

MEGS JENKINS • JUDY CAMPBELL - MOORE MARRIOTT - Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT 
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I AM THE WORLD'S 
GREATEST DETECTIVE... 
Wherever there's MURDER 
there's me! GoM/ 


J. Arthur Rank presents 


EVOR HOWARD ■ ROSAMUND JOHN 

GREEN FOR DANGER 

SIM WlMpecfiPi/ MmII 


and presenting 


MEGS JENKfNS • JUDY CAMPBELL - MOORE MARRIOTT - Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT 
Produced by FRANK LAUNDER and SIDNEY GILLIAT-An INDIVIDUAL Picture-An EAGLE LION FILMS Release 


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Greatest Detective, 
in the screen’s 
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J. Arthur Rank presents 
SALLY TREVOR ROSAMUND 


GRAY-HOWARD-JOHN 

GREEN FOR DANGER 

and presenting ALASTAIR SIM as Inspector Cockrilt 
with LEO GENN • Megs Jenkins • Judy Campbell • Moore Marriott 
Ofrected by SIDNEY GILL I AT • Produced by FRANK LAUNDER and SIDNEY GILLIAT 
An INDIVIDUAL Picture • An EAGLE LION FILMS Release 


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2 Col. Ad Mat 210 — 120 lines 


Official Billing 

J. ARTHUR RANK 

Presents 

SALLY GRAY TREVOR HOWARD 
ROSAMUND JOHN 

in 

“GREEN FOR DANGER” 

and presenting 

ALASTAIR SIM 
as Inspector Cockrill 

with 


Leo Genn 

Megs Jenkins Judy Campbell Moore Marriott 
Directed by Sidney Gilliat 
Produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat 

From the novel by Christiana Brand 
Screenplay by Sidney Gilliat and Claude Gurney 

AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE 

AN EAGLE-LION FILMS RELEASE 


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WATCH 

DAY 



Starts TODAY! 


11 

11 


...an unparalleled 
adventure in 
screen suspense! 


bringing you 
mystery... 
as you 
like it! 


"Makes other 
pictures 
look like 
pillow fights 
in a girls' 
dormitory!" 
BILLY ROSE, 

Famed Showman 


cincj 

The World's 


Greatest 


Detective, 

IvtSp^cfor 

CocUriU/ 


J. Arthur Rank presents 
SALLY TREVOR ROSAMUND 

GRAY • HOWARD • JOHN 

GREEN FOR DANGER 

and presenting ALASTAIR SIM as Inspector Cockrill 
with LEO GENN • Megs Jenkins* Judy Campbell• Moore Marriott 
Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT* Produced by FRANK LAUNDER end SIDNEY GILLIAT 
An INDIVIDUAL Picture*An EAGLE LION FILMS Release 


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&hes«euth 

with the slouch 


Five Have Motives 
For Double Murder 
In ‘Green for Danger’ 

Five suspects—all with excel¬ 
lent motives and all with excel¬ 
lent opportunities—for the mur¬ 
der of a patient and a nurse in a 
hospital set the story for the new 
Eagle Lion Films release, “Green 
for Danger,” scheduled to begin 

a .-day engagement on . 

. at the.Thea¬ 
tre. 

Coproduced by Sidney Gilliat 
and Wank Launder, the duo who 
brought “The Lady Vanishes,” 
“Night Train” and “The Adven¬ 
turess” to the' screen, the exciting 
new mystery film is being hailed 
as an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense. “Green for Dan¬ 
ger” presents Alastair Sim as In¬ 
spector Cockrill of Scotland Yard, 
the wise, witty—and wily—repre¬ 
sentative of the law, described as 
the year's most refreshing per¬ 
sonality. 

Sudden, Strange Death 
fcs Sim arrives at the hospital fol¬ 

lowing the sudden and mysterious 
death of a patient on the operat¬ 
ing table. Before she can reveal 
some vital information, the head 
nurse is stabbed to death. Sim 
learns that all those assisting at 
the operation during which the 
patient died had excellent oppor¬ 
tunities to commit the murder. 

Following an attempted killing 
of another nurse, Sim becomes 
aware of the jealousies and in¬ 
trigues within the small group 
and stages a mock operation at 
which he dramatically unmasks 
the killer. 

Co-starring with Sim are Sally 
Gray and Rosamund John as sus¬ 
pect nurses and Trevor Howard 
and Leo Genn as doctors with mo¬ 
tives for both murders. 


Howard with Old Vic 
‘%fter ‘Green’ Film 

Trevor Howard, currently co- 
starring in. “Green for Danger,” 
the Eagle Lion Films release at 

the . Theatre, 

has been signed to appear with 
the Old Vic theatre company in 
London next season. Howard has 
previously been seen in “The Ad¬ 
venturess” and “Brief Encounter.” 


Sim’s Portrayal in ‘Danger’ 

Is Year’s Most Refreshing 



“The year’s most refreshing screen personality” are 
the words advance reviewers are using to describe Alas¬ 
tair Sim’s role of Inspector Cockrill in “Green for Danger,” 
the new Eagle Lion Films release scheduled to begin a 


-day engagement on 

Theatre. 

Playing comic roles in films 
seems a far cry from the way Sim 
planned his life would be. Born in 
Edinburgh, Scotland, on October 
9, Sim was educated at the James 
Gillespie School and at Edinburgh 
University. The son of a judge, 
Sim’s first job was as an analyti¬ 
cal chemist but gave this up to be¬ 
come a professor of phonetics at 
New College, Edinburgh Univer¬ 
sity. 

Formed Theatrical Society 

From this interest in speech, he 
formed a number of students into 
a theatrical society and put on a 
series of plays in poetry in Eng¬ 
land. Inspired by a notice written 
by a famed playright, the late 
John Drinkwater, Sim decided to 
become a professional actor. After 
several small roles in London 
stage plays, he joined the Old Vic 
and played Shakespeare for two 
seasons. After a series of villain¬ 
ous roles, Sim turned to comedy 
because that was his natural in¬ 
clination and also because by the 
time he was 25 he was almost 
completely bald. 

Sim’s films include “Riverside 
Murder,” “Gangway,” “This Man 
Is News,” “This Man in Paris,” 
“Climbing High” and the Inspec¬ 
tor Hornleigh motion pictures. 

Is Publicity Shy 

He plays chess, likes to watch 
football and admires Degas’ paint¬ 
ings. He fights shy of publicity 
and is witty, courteous and punc¬ 
tual. 

In “Green for Danger,” hailed 
as an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense, Sim as Inspector 
Cockrill of Scotland Yard becomes 
embroiled in two murders that 
take place in a hospital. Suspects 
are Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, 
Rosamund John and Leo Genn 
and in a thrilling re-enactment of 
the last murder, Sim dramatically 
unmasks the killer. Sidney Gilliat 
and Frank Launder produced 
'Green for Danger.” 


at the 


Sly Sleuth 


Mat ID Still IPL-111-P8A 

INSPECTOR COCKRILL OF SCOT¬ 
LAND YARD, played by Alastair Sim, 
is called in to solve a series of mys¬ 
terious murders in Eagle Lion's new sus¬ 
pense film, "Green for Danger," which 

is coming this . to the 

. Theatre. 


New Film Personality 
Debuts in ‘Danger’ 

Introducing the year’s most 
refreshing screen personality — 
Alastair Sim as Inspector Cock¬ 
rill of Scotland Yard, “Green for 
Danger,” an Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease, starts a .-day engage¬ 
ment . at the . 

. Theatre. Produced by Sid¬ 
ney Gilliat and Frank Launder, 
“Green for Danger” also stars 
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard and 
Rosamund John. The supporting 
cast is headed by Leo Genn, Megs 
Jenkins, Judy Campbell and Moore 
Marriott. Advance reviews hail 
the picture, involving two mur¬ 
ders in a hospital, as an unparal¬ 
leled adventure in screen sus¬ 
pense. • 

Christianna Brand 
Writes Best Seller 
To While Away Time 

Christianna Brand, best-selling 
novelist, wrote her latest book, 
“Green for Danger,” in order to 
have something to do! 

Miss Brand is married to a 
surgeon who was assigned to a 
military hospital during the war. 
Occasionally she would be al¬ 
lowed into the operating theatre 
to watch him at work and she 
became friendly with the hospital 
staff. 

In conversation one day, the 
anesthetist, without knowing it, 
suggested to the novelist how a 
murder might be committed dur¬ 
ing an operation. For days she 
toyed with the idea of writing a 
thriller about such a crime but 
she could not think of a motive— 
until one day an inebriated old 
man told her of an experience in 
a bomb shelter. The old man’s 
story suggested the very motive 
she was looking for and she 
set herself down to write “Green 
for Danger.” 

Now brought to the screen by 
co-producers Sidney Gilliat and 
Frank Launder, “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” an Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease, opens . at the 

. Theatre and co- 

stars Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, 
Rosamund John and introduces 
Alastair Sim as Inspector Cock¬ 
rill of Scotland Yard. 


‘Green for Danger’ 

Is Third Picture 
For Launder-Gilliat 

“Green for Danger,” the Eagle 
Lion Films release scheduled to 

open ... at the . 

Theatre, is the third picture to be 
produced by Frank Launder and 
Sidney Gilliat. 

Launder and Gilliat, authors of 
the screenplays for “The Lady 
Vanishes” and “Night Train,” 
produced their first independent 
picture in 1945—“Notorious Gen¬ 
tleman” with Rex Harrison. Their 
1946 production was “The Adven¬ 
turess,” which won for Deborah 
Kerr her co-starring role with 
Clark Gable in “The Hucksters.” 
Launder directed “The Adventur¬ 
ess” and Gilliat was responsible 
for “Green For Danger.” 

Described as an unparalleled 
adventure in screen suspense, 
“Green for Danger” bears the 
typical and unusual Launder- 
Gilliat touch. Based on Chris¬ 
tianna Brand’s murder mystery 
novel, the picture stars Sally 
Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund 
John and Alastair Sim as Inspec¬ 
tor Cockrill. 

Three Technical Advisers 
Insure ‘Danger’ Realism 

To insure complete authenticity 
for the hospital background of 
“Green for Danger,” the Eagle 

Lion Films release opening . 

.at the . Thea¬ 
tre, director Sidney Gilliat made 
a close study of hospital pro¬ 
cedure and of an operating thea¬ 
tre. 

An actual operating nurse su¬ 
pervised the making of all scenes 
which took place in the operating 
room and the laying out and use 
of instruments and equipment. At 
other times during the production 
a surgeon and a medical student 
kept a professional eye on the 
proceedings. 

Starring in “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” hailed as an unparalleled 
adventure in screen suspense, are 
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosa¬ 
mund John and Alastair Sim as 
Inspector Cockrill, described as 
the year’s most refreshing screen 
personality. 




THE STORY 

(Not for Publication) 

to 1 ^ OSTMAN HIGGINS is rushed to the hospital for an emergency operation, 
f During the operation, performed by Dr. Eden, a lady's man (Leo Genn), and 
attended by Dr. Barnes, anesthetist (Trevor Howard), Nurses Linley, Barnes' 
fiancee (Sally Gray), Sanson (Rosamund John), Woods (Megs Jenkins) and 
Bates (Judy Campbell), Higgins starts sinking under the anesthetic. 

Dr. Barnes cuts off the flow of anesthetic and frantically feeds Higgins 
oxygen to no avail. Higgins dies on the table. 

Hospital authorities make clear their distrust and suspicion of Barnes, one 
of whose patients had died previously under similar circumstances. Nurse Bates 
says she has proof that Higgins was murdered but before she can turn over her 
evidence to the police, she is stabbed to death. 

Scotland Yard Inspector Cockrill (Alastair Sim) is assigned to the case. He 
discovers that Nurses Sanson and Woods have been going off on mysterious 
errf^ds and that they have both lied about where they spent certain hours 
vit&r'to their alibis. He also learns that Nurse Linley has quarreled with Barnes 
and that she and Eden are romantically involved. Cockrill wonders if Nurse 
Bates had discovered the attachment and that therefore either Nurse Linley or 
Eden may have wanted her out of the way. 

Nurse Linley is cleared in Cockrill's mind when she is found almost dead 
from asphyxiation by illuminating gas. Cockrill decides to set a trap. He informs 
the others that Nurse Linley must be operated upon the following morning and 


that all the others must be present to perform the same duties they did during 
Higgins' operation. He indicates that refusal to attend will attach suspicion to 
the person who objects. 

As the operation starts, Cockrill watches all closely. Nurse Linley begins to 
sink under the anesthetic and Cockrill wrenches the knobs from Barnes' hands 
and cjuickly shuts off all the oxygen. He rips the sheets from the nurse, who is 
revealed as not enough badly hurt to require any operation. 

Announcing that he knows how Higgins was killed, Cockrill scrapes off a 
fleck of green paint which had been applied to make the poisonous nitrous 
oxide tank look like the oxygen tank. Nurse Sanson breaks down and Cockrill 
reveals that she is a psychopathic killer who developed an insane hatred for 
Higgins ever since his rescue squad failed to save her mother after she had 
been buried alive during a buzz bomb attack. She killed Nurse Bates to keep her 
from revealing her as the murderer. 

Nurse Sanson rushes into another room. Eden, who has been watching while 
he surreptitiously filled a hypodermic syringe, rushes after her. But before Eden 
can give her an injection, Cockrill knocks the syringe from Eden's hand. 

Nurse Sanson sinks to the floor, dead. Contemptuously, Eden shows Cockrill 
that the hypodermic contained the antidote to the poison which Nurse Sanson 
had taken and that in his fears that Eden was about to kill the nurse, Cockrill 
had destroyed the only chance of saving her life. 

As Dr. Barnes and Nurse Linley realize that their lives can now resume their 
normal patterns, Inspector Cockrill plans to return to London after having 
dictated a report to his superiors, the last line of which reads, "And so I 
submit my resignation, in the hope that you will see fit NOT to accept it" ' 






































PREPARED REVIEWS 



‘Must See’ Rating 
Given to Thrilling 
‘Green for Danger’ 

(Prepared Review) 

Put “Green for Danger” at 
the top of your “must see” 
list! 

With a cast that includes 
Sally Gray, remembered for 
her performance in “War¬ 
saw Concerto,” Trevor How¬ 
ard, who has been seen in 
“Brief Encounter” and “The 
Adventuress,” Leo Genn, most re¬ 
cently featured in “Henry V,” and 
Rosamund John, the new Eagle 
Lion Films release opened last 
night at the . Thea¬ 

tre and ranks as an unparalleled 
adventure in screen suspense. 

Top laurels for acting go, how¬ 
ever, to Alastair Sim in his role 
as Inspector Cockrill, surely the 
screen’s most refreshing person¬ 
ality of the year. Sim’s portrayal 
of a slow-moving but fast-think¬ 
ing detective is a gem of comedy 
acting and judging by the roars of 
laughter at last night’s opening 
the audience felt the same way. 

Two Deaths in Hospital 

“Green for Danger” involves 
two deaths in a hospital and Sim’s 
discovery that all the suspects 
had excellent motives for the two 
deaths. Learning that there is no 
love lost between Howard, Miss 
Gray’s fiance, and woman-chasing 
Genn, Sim stages a re-enactment 
of the first death—and dramatic¬ 
ally unmasks the killer. 

Directed, co-written and co-pro¬ 
duced by Sidney Gilliat, “Green 
for Danger” is a worthy successor 
to his previous films that have 
established a tradition for sus¬ 
pense entertainment—“The Lady 
Vanishes,” “Night Train” and 
“The Adventuress.” 

With co-producer Frank Laun¬ 
der, Gilliat has turned out one of 
the season’s slickest and most ex¬ 
citing melodramas. 

‘Green for Danger’ 

Is Expert Mystery 
With Comedy Twist 

(Prepared Review) 

A hospital gown torn by a 
sharp instrument, a set of un¬ 
identified fingerprints and the in¬ 
coherent mumblings of a deliri¬ 
ous patient were the clues set be¬ 
fore last night’s audience at the 

.Theatre where 

“Green for Danger” began a .- 

day engagement. The new film, 
produced by Sidney Gilliat and 
Frank Launder, is a worthy suc¬ 
cessor to their other masterpieces 
of screen suspense—“Lady Van¬ 
ishes,” “Night Train” and “The 
Adventuress.” 

Sim Role Highlight 

Highlight characterization in a 
series of expert performances is 
turned in by Alastair Sim as In¬ 
spector Cockrill of Scotland Yard, 
easily the year’s most refreshing 
personality. Sim’s portrayal of 
the wise, witty and wily detective 
—who reads mystery stories for 
relaxation—is sure to set the pat¬ 
tern for other screen detectives 
who want to add a little humor to 
their characters. 

Involved with Sim in this sus¬ 
penseful story set in a hospital 
are four nurses, played by Sally 
Gray, Rosamund John, Judy 
Campbell, Megs Jenkins, and two 
doctors, Trevor Howard and Leo 
Genn. When one patient mysteri¬ 
ously dies on the operating table 
and a nurse is killed before she 
can turn over some information 
about the death, Inspector Cock¬ 
rill is called in. In a spine-chill¬ 
ing re-enactment of the operating 
scene, with Sally Gray as the “vic¬ 
tim,” Sim dramatically unmasks 
the killer. 

“Green for Danger,” an Eagle 
Lion Films release, is taut and 
tense—and definitely worth your 
time. 



‘Green for Danger' 
Clinches Howard's 


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"I've come to find out about the mysterious deaths that have been occurring around this place," Alastair Sim tells 
Megs Jenkins in a scene from Eagle Lion's film "Green for Danger." Th^* suspense-packed picture is now playing at 
the . Theatre. 


‘Green for Danger’ 

Is Opening Locally 

With a starring cast headed by 
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosa¬ 
mund John and Alastair Sim as 
Inspector Cockrill of Scotland 
Yard, “Green for Danger,” the 
Eagle Lion Films release, opens 

. at the . 

Theatre for a .-day engage¬ 

ment. Co-produced by Sidney Gil¬ 
liat and Frank Launder, whose 
“The Lady Vanishes,” “Night 
Train” and “The Adventuress” 
have become screen classics, 
“Green for Danger,” according to 
advance notices, rates as an un¬ 
paralleled adventure in screen 
suspense. Leo Genn, Judy Camp¬ 
bell, Megs Jenkins and Moore 
Marriott head the supporting cast 
of the film which involves two 
mysterious hospital murders. 


Career 

As a result of his expert 
performance as a woman- 
weary doctor suspected of 
two murders in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion 
Films release now showing 
at the 

Theatre, Leo Genn has been 
signed for an important role 
opposite Olivia de Havilland 
in “The Snake Pit.” Genn 
has previously been seen on 
the screen in “Henry V” and 
on the Broadway stage in 
“Another Part of the For¬ 
est.” He recently completed 
a role in “Mourning Be¬ 
comes Electra” with Rosa¬ 
lind Russell. 


‘Green for Danger’ Finest 
Of Launder-Gilliat Movies 

(Prepared Review) 

Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, responsible for those 
other screen suspense masterpieces—“Lady Vanishes,” 
“Night Train” and “The Adventuress,” have done it again. 
Their latest and finest production, “Green for Danger,” 
the Eagle Lion Films release that opened last night at the 
Theatre, is a 


Claim to Film Fame 


Continuing up the ladder of 
screen stardom, Trevor Howard 
makes his fifth appearance in 
films with his role in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films 

release opening . at 

the . Theatre. How¬ 

ard’s performance in the mys¬ 
tery film, hailed as an unparal¬ 
leled adventure in screen sus¬ 
pense, solidly establishes him as 
one of the screen’s most popular 
leading men. 

Trevor Howard was born in 
England and was taken to Can¬ 
ada when he was one year old. 
Returning to England, he received 
his education at Clifton College, 
where he was captain of the rugby 
and cricket teams, and later en¬ 
rolled in the Royal Academy of 
Dramatic Art. 

Rejected Paramount Offer 

When he finished at the Acad¬ 
emy, Howard turned down an of¬ 
fer from Paramount Pictures and 
stayed to appear on the London 
stage in “Crime and Punishment,” 
“Aren’t We All,” “The Rivals,” a 
season of John Galsworthy Mays 
and a Shakespeare Festh^l at 
Stratford-on-Avon. He play™ for 
two years in “French Without 
Tears,” spent another season at 
Stratford and then joined the Har¬ 
rogate White Rose Players. 

With the outbreak of the war, 
he joined the Army and saw action 
in Norway and took part in the 
invasion of Sicily. He was released 
in 1943 with the rank of captain. 
Stage roles followed in “Anna 
Christie” and in “The Recruiting 
Officer,” in which play he met 
actress Helen Cherry who later 
became his wife. He went on to 
score a great personal success in 
“Soldier for Christmas.” 

Film Debut With Niven 

Trevor made his screen debut 
with David Niven in “The Way 
Ahead.” His next film, “The Way 
to the Stars,” led to his starring 
roles in “Brief Encounter” with 
Celia Johnson and “The Adven¬ 
turess” with Deborah Kerr. 

Shakespeare and de Maupassant 
are Howard’s favorite authors 
and Toulouse-Lautrec is his fa¬ 
vorite painter. Benny Goodman’s 
orchestra sends him and sailing, 
cricket and sunbathing are his 
favorite sports. In history, Ras¬ 
putin is the personage who most 
intrigues him. 

Co-starring with him in “Green 
for Danger” are Sally Gray, Ros¬ 
amund John and Alastair Sim as 
Inspector Cockrill. Leo Genn, 
Megs Jenkins, Judy Campb^U and 
Moore Marriott head the st^ort- 
ing cast of the film which was 
produced by Sidney Gilliat and 
Frank Launder, those masters of 
screen suspense who turned out 
“The Lady Vanishes,” “Night 
Train” and “The Adventuress.” 


humdinger of a mystery film. 

“Green for Danger” is a tight¬ 
ly written, slickly produced and 
brilliantly directed suspense story 
co-starring Sally Gray, Trevor 
Howard and Rosamund John. Ex¬ 
pert as these three are, acting 
honors go to Alastair Sim in the 
role of Detective Inspector Cock¬ 
rill of Scotland Yard, easily the 
most refreshing film personality 
we’ve seen on the screen this 
year. 

Set in a hospital, the story of 
“Green for Danger” involves the 
death of a postman on the oper¬ 
ating table. One of the six per¬ 
sons present, the head nurse, finds 
evidence that proves the postman 
was murdered. Before she can in¬ 
form the police, she is mysterious¬ 
ly stabbed to death. 

Detective Sim arrives and 
learns of the bitter rivalry be¬ 
tween Howard and Leo Genn for 
pretty Miss Gray. Sim stages a 
mock operation on Miss Gray, 
who has been injured in an at¬ 
tempt on her life. He persuades 
the suspects to perform their usu¬ 
al duties during the operation— 
and in the tense atmosphere of 
the operating room — Sim un¬ 
masks the killer in an ending that 
will have you panting for breath. 

Don’t miss “Green for Danger.” 


THE CAST 

Nurse Freddi Linley. . Sally Gray 

Dr. Barnes. Trevor Howard 

Nurse Sanson. Rosamund John 

Inspector Cockrill. Alastair Sim 

Mr. Eden. Leo Genn 

Nurse Woods. Megs Jenkins 

Sister Bates. Judy Campbell 

Postman Higgins. Moore Marriott 


PRODUCTION STAFF 

Directed by SIDNEY GILLIAT; produced by FRANK 
LAUNDER and SIDNEY GILLIAT; from the novel by 
CHRISTIANNA BRAND; screenplay by SIDNEY GILLIAT 
and CLAUDE GUERNEY: AN INDIVIDUAL PICTURE; 
released by EAGLE LION FILMS; Production Designer, 
PETER PROUD; Director of Photography, WILKIE 
COOPER; Film Editor, THELMA MYERS; Productioi 
Manager, A. S. BATES; Assistant Director, PERCY 
HERMES; Sound Recordist, ERIC CLENNELL; Camera¬ 
man, OSWALD MORRIS; music composed by WI 
ALWYN; played by the LONDON SYMPHONY C~ 

TRA under the direction of MLTIR MATHI 


‘Inspector Cockrill is the Name’ 


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Judy Campbell Wins 
Stardom After Fight 

Dorothy Parker and the inter¬ 
national copyright law conspired 
to make a theatrical star over¬ 
night. 

Several years ago Judy Camp¬ 
bell, currently appearing in 
“Green for Danger,” the Eagle 

Lion Films release opening . 

.at the. Thea¬ 
tre, decided to quit college where 
she was studying theology and 
philosophy and go on the stage. 
For several seasons she appeared 
in various repertory companies 
in minor roles. And then she was 
offered a part in “New Faces,” a 
revue in which she was to recite 
some Dorothy Parker monologues. 

At the last moment the mono¬ 
logues had to be cut from the 
show because of copyright com¬ 
plications. Judy’s only alternative 
was to sing and she was finally 
bullied into introducing “A Night¬ 
ingale Sang in Berkeley Square.” 
The song made Judy a stage star 
overnight and she went on to 
appear in “Watch on the Rhine,” 
“Lady Behave,” “This Happy 
Breed,” “Present Laughter” and 
“Blithe Spirit.” 

“Green for Danger” is Judy’s 
third film. She appears with Sally 
Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund 
John, Alastair Sim and Leo Genn 
in the picture which is described 
as unparalleled adventure in 
screefi suspense. Sidney Gilliat 
and Frank Launder, who turned 
out “The Lady Vanishes,” “Night 
Train” and “The Adventuress,” 
produced “Green for Danger.” 


Birthday 

Hearts for the sweet. 
Sally Gray, lovely, blonde 
co-star of “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” the Eagle Lion Films 
release now playing at the 
Theatre, 

celebrates her birthday on 
St. Valentine’s Day, Febru¬ 
ary 14. 


Alluring 



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L®ELY SALLY GRAY has the leading 
feminine role in Eagle Lion's new mys¬ 
tery film, "Green for Danger." The 

picture will be shown starting . 

at the . Theatre. 




Touch 


Sally Gray Is Descendant 
Of Old Theatrical Family 

Sally Gray, lovely, blonde co-star of “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” the Eagle Lion Films release opening.at the 

.. Theatre, took to the theatre like a duck takes 

to water. The hazel-eyed actress is the fourth generation 
of her family to appear on the stage—her mother was a 


famous ingenue and her great¬ 
grandmother a well-known act¬ 
ress. 

She was born in London on 
February 14th and started her 
theatrical training when she was 
13 at the Fay Compton Studio of 
Dramatic Art. By the time she 
was 14, she was appearing as a 
chorus girl and at 16 she played 
a scene with Fred Astaire in “The 
Gay Divorce.” 

Debut with George Sanders 

Her screen debut came in “The 
Saint in London” in which she 
appeared with George Sanders. 
Many films followed, of which her 
favorite is “Warsaw Concerto” 
with Anton Walbrook as her co- 
star. On the London stage she 
starred in “Funny Side Up” and 
“Lady Behave” and then a two- 
year illness interrupted her ca¬ 
reer. She made a triumphant re¬ 
turn in the stage production of 
“My Sister Eileen” and has since 
completed two films—her current, 
“Green for Danger,” and “Carni¬ 
val,” which has not yet been re¬ 
leased. 

The youngest of five sisters, 
Sally is unmarried. Her devotion 
to her family has led her to re¬ 
fuse increasingly persistent offers 
from Hollywood but eventually 
she hopes to come to the United 
States. 

Has Many Hobbies 

The actress spends her free 
time collecting books and an¬ 
tiques, painting and doing tapes¬ 
try work. Her favorite authors 
are Shakespeare, William Thack- 
ery, Sinclair Lewis, Terence Rat- 
tigan and Augustus John. Roses 
are her favorite flowers and she 
prefers pastels in colors. 

For exercise she swims, walks 
and dances. 

In “Green for Danger,” hailed 
as an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense, Sally co-stars 
with Trevor Howard, Rosamund 
John and Alastair Sim. She is 
cast as a hospital nurse who is 
suspected of two murders in the 
Sidney Gilliat-Frank Launder 
produced film. 


‘Danger’ Producer 
Arrested As ‘Spy’ 

For years Sidney Gilliat has 
been writing, directing and co-pro¬ 
ducing films, many of them con¬ 
cerning spies and saboteurs. In 
pictures like “The Lady Van¬ 
ishes,” “Night Train” and “The 
Adventuress,” to name but a few 
of his many thrillers, he has al¬ 
ways contrived ways for enemy 
agents to confound the police un¬ 
til almost the final fadeout. 

But the police finally caught 
up with Gilliat during the filming 
of his latest, “Green for Danger,” 
the Eagle Lion Films release 

opening . at the 

.. Theatre. Gilliat 

was charged with attempting 
sabotage and, despite his ingenu¬ 
ity at extricating movie charac¬ 
ters from tight spots, was himself 
held incommunicado by the po¬ 
lice. 

It all happened when Gilliat 
was driving home from the studio 
with a buzz bomb replica for 
“Green for Danger” in the back 
of his car. The studio prop de¬ 
partment hadn’t been able to pro¬ 
duce an effective exhaust flame 
and he was taking the model to 
the laboratory' of a scientist 
friend for experimentation. 

The police finally released Gil¬ 
liat when he was identified by his 
co-producer, Frank Launder. 

“Green for Danger,” hailed as 
an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense, stars Sally Gray, 
Trevor Howard, Rosamund John 
and introduces Alastair Sim as 
Inspector Cockrill, described as 
the year’s most refreshing screen 
personality. Leo Genn, Judy 
Campbell and Megs Jenkins head 
the supporting cast. 


Record 

It wasn’t on the record! 

A phonograph record is 
one of the vital clues in 
Eagle Lion’s release of 
the tense mystery thriller, 
“Green for Danger,” which 
opens at the 

. Theatre. The 

evidence on this record aids 
Alastair Sim, who plays In¬ 
spector Cockrill of Scotland 
Yard, in tracking down the 
criminal. 

When the time came for 
that scene, the set was 
hushed and the record 
started. Suddenly the com¬ 
pany broke into gales of 
laughter. The record had 
been switched through an 
error in the prop depart¬ 
ment and, instead of a voice, 
the strains of the “Beer 
Barrel Polka” swelled from 
the victrola. 


Hospital Is Built 
On Sound Stages 
For ‘Danger’ Film 

Operations, real and reel, were 
performed during the filming of 
“Green for Danger,” the new 
Eagle Lion Films release opening 

. at the . 

Theatre. The story of the exciting 
new film, hailed as an unparalleled 
adventure in screen suspense, is 
set in a hospital where three oper¬ 
ations and two murders take 
place. 

Some of the most ingenious and 
authentic settings were con¬ 
structed for the filming of the 
picture which stars Sally Gray, 
Trevor Howard, Rosamund John 
and Alastair Sim. One of the 
stages, serving as the first floor 
of the hospital, included many 
separate backgrounds: a fully 
equipped ward of 14 beds; the 
head nurse’s office and kitchen; 
laundry; the covered terrace; the 
operating theatre; the anesthetic 
room; the theatre staff’s scrub¬ 
bing-up room; the lobby; the ster¬ 
ilizing room; and the linen room. 
Each of the settings was provided 
will all the authentic fittings and 
instruments used in a hospital. 

Complete Operating Room 

The film’s stars found the oper¬ 
ating theatre the most interesting 
set. Built in two halves, the cam¬ 
era units and the actors were able 
to move from one set to the other 
in a few minutes. An experienced 
nurse was on hand to arrange the 
surgical instruments for each 
operation and to instruct the cast 
in operating theatre procedure 
and how to “operate” with convic¬ 
tion. 

Leo Genn, Judy Campbell, Megs 
Jenkins and Moore Marriott head 
the supporting cast. Sidney Gilliat 
and Frank Launder, who brought 
“Night Train,” “Lady Vanishes” 
and “The Adventuress” to the 
screen, co-produced “Green for 
Danger”. 


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ALASTAIR SIM, as Inspector Cockrill, watches two suspects in a murder case, 
played by Trevor Howard and Leo Genn, tangle with one another in a scene 
from Eagle Lion's suspense film, "Green for Danger," which is currently play¬ 
ing at the Theatre. 


Brilliant Production Team 
Made ‘Green for Danger’ 

“Green for Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films release sched¬ 
uled to begin a.-day engagement on.at the 

. Theatre, is the latest film to come from 

Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, producers of “Night 
Train,” “The Lady Vanishes” and “The Adventuress.” 

Starring in the film, which is~ 


described as an unparalleled ad¬ 
venture in screen suspense, are 
Sally Gray, remembered for 
“Warsaw Concerto”; Trevor 
Howard, who co-starred with De¬ 
borah Kerr in “The Adventuress”; 
Rosamund John; and Alastair 
Sim as Inspector Cockrill, “the 
year’s most refreshing screen per¬ 
sonality.” 

Set in Hospital 

The story of the film is set in 
an emergency hospital. The accent 
is on murder and the first victim 
is the local postman who is 
brought to the hospital as a cas¬ 
ualty. He dies mysteriously on 
the operating table. 

When she stumbles on evidence 
that proves the postman was mur¬ 
dered, a nurse, who was one of 
six in attendance at the postman’s 
operation, is stabbed to death be¬ 
fore she can tell the police what 
she knows. 

Called in from Scotland Yard 
to investigate the crime, the In¬ 
spector finds that each of the re¬ 
maining suspects had an excellent 
motive for committing both mur¬ 
ders. By staging a mock operation 
with the five suspects present, he 
reconstructs the circumstances of 
the postman’s death and dramat¬ 
ically unmasks the killer. 

Sim Is Sinister 

Inspector Cockrill, the Scotland 
Yard detective, gives Alastair 
Sim a role of sinister humor. A 
romantic pair of suspects are 
Sally Gray and Trevor Howard. 
The other suspects are Rosamund 
John, Leo Genn and Megs Jen¬ 
kins. Judy Campbell is the nurse 
who is murdered and the postman 
is played by Moore Marriott. 

“Green for Danger” was written 
by Sidney Gilliat and Claud Guer- 
ney from Christianna Brand’s 
best-selling novel. Sidney Gilliat 
directed and he and Frank Laun¬ 
der produced. 


‘Green for Danger’ Hailed 
As Unparalleled Mystery 

Hailed by advance reviewers as 
an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense, “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” an Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease, opens . at the 

. Theatre. Co- 

starring in the film are Sally Gray, 
Trevor Howard, Rosamund John 
and Alastair Sim. Leo Genn, 
Moore Marriott, Judy Campbell 
and Megs Jenkins head the sup¬ 
porting cast. Sidney Gilliat and 
Frank Launder, who turned out 
“The Lady Vanishes,” “Night 
Train” and “The Adventuress,” 
co-produced “Green for Danger.” 


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SALLY GRAY AND LEO GENN supply 
the romantic interest and appear as 
murder suspects in Eagle Lion's mystery 
film, "Green for Danger," which is now 

playing at the . Theatre. 

Trevor Howard, Rosamund John and 
Alastair Sim are co-starred. Sidney 
Gilliat and Frank Launder produced. 


Howard’s Magic 

Trevor Howard has that magic touch. 

The star of “Green for Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films 
release now at the Theatre, has co- 

starred with several actresses who have reaped rich 
awards. In “Brief Encounter” he appeared with Celia 
Johnson, who was chosen best actress of the year by 
New York film critics. In “The Adventuress” he played 
opposite Deborah Kerr, who was signed as Clark Gable’s 
leading lady in “The Hucksters.” In “Green for Danger” 
he is seen with Sally Gray and Rosamund John—tAvo 
ladies, who, no doubt, will benefit from Howard’s magic 
touch. 


The Boys Get Rough 


Romance 


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AMUSEMENT PAGE FEATURES 


Law Career of Leo Genn 


Brought Him First Part 


Leo Genn, who plays a woman-chasing doctor sus¬ 
pected of murder in “Green for Danger/’ the Eagle Lion 

Films release opening . at the . 

Theatre, is an actor who v got into the theatre through 
the law. 


It was while Genn was earning 
his living in London as a lawyer 
that he also played lawyers in 
several amateur stage produc¬ 
tions. A theatrical producer who 
saw one of the amateur perform¬ 
ances offered Genn a professional 
role in one of his productions. 
Genn was reluctant to give up 
the law for the highly specula¬ 
tive career of an actor—so the 
producer offered him a three-year 
contract as an actor and a lawyer. 

Sixteen-Hour Job 

Under this arrangement, Genn 
spent sixteen hours a day in the 
theatre, from time to time remov¬ 
ing his costume to handle the 
management’s legal business. He 
went on to theatrical appearances 
with the West End Repertory 
Company and the Old Vic—main¬ 
taining his own legal offices all 
the time. 

He first came to the United 
States in 1939 for the American 
production of “The Flashing 
Stream” but headed for home 
with the outbreak of the war. He 
served with an anti-aircraft unit 
and then as an instructor at a 
training camp for artillery of¬ 
ficers. In 1944 he became a colonel 
and was transferred to SHAEF. 
He served as a prosecutor inves¬ 
tigating war crimes and taking 
evidence for later use in the 
Belsen trials. 

Got Leave to Act 

He got sixteen days’ leave from 
his legal assignment to return to 
England for a role with Laurence 
Olivier in “Henry V.” He was re¬ 
leased from the Army in 1946 and 
returned to the United States to 
appear on the Broadway stage in 
Lillian Heilman’s “Another Part 
of the Forest” and in the Holly¬ 
wood production of “Mourning 
Becomes Electra” with Rosalind 
Russell. 

In “Green for Danger,” hailed 
as an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense, Genn plays a 
lady-chasing doctor who ends up 
as a murder suspect. He is seen 
in the Sidney Gilliat-Frank Laun¬ 
der produced film along with 
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosa¬ 
mund John and Alastair Sim. 

Leo Genn’s Future 

Currently playing the woman- 
weary doctor in “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” the Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease showing at the . 

Theatre, Leo Genn will soon be 
seen in “Mourning Becomes Elec¬ 
tra” with Rosalind Russell. “Green 
for Danger” co-stars Sally Gray, 
Trevor Howard, Rosamund John 
and Alastair Sim. 


Actress Beseeches 
‘Danger’ Director 
To Shorten (!) Role 

Most film actresses — and 
actors, too, for that matter—do 
everything possible to extend their 
roles. But meet Judy Campbell, 
featured in the cast of “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films 

release opening . 

at the . Theatre, 

who entreated director Sidney 
Gilliat to cut her part in the pic¬ 
ture to a minimum! 

In “Green for Danger,” hailed 
as an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense from the masters 
of “The Lady Vanishes,” “Night 
Train” and “The Adventuress,” 
Judy plays a hospital nurse sus¬ 
pected of murder who is mysteri¬ 
ously slain before the crime can 
be solved. Her “death” as a mur¬ 
der victim would be, she told Gil¬ 
liat, a most welcome release and 
would mean the finish of the most 
discomforting role she ever had to 
play. 

Allergic to Rubber 

On the hospital set, Judy spent 
most of her time masked, gowned 
and rubber-gloved. As luck would 
have it, she is violently allergic to 
the smell and feel of rubber. Her 
role became an almost unbearable 
ordeal, ending only when she be¬ 
came the killer’s victim. 

Appearing with Judy in “Green 
for Danger,” are Sally Gray, 
Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, 
Leo Genn and Alastair Sim as 
Inspector Cockrill, described as 
the year’s most refreshing screen 
personality. 


Ambitions 

Three ambitions don’t 
seem so very many for a 
film star but Rosamund 
John, currently appearing in 
Eagle Lion Films release at 
the Theatre, 

seems to have pretty big 
ambitions. She wants 1. to 
write a book; 2. to become 
a member of Parliament; 
and 3. to have five more 
children. 


The Acid Test 



Mat 2 A Still I PL-111-32 A 

SALLY GRAY, TREVOR HOWARD AND ALASTAIR SIM prepare a mock opera¬ 
tion in order to trap a murderer in this scene from Eagle Lion's "Green for 
Danger," which is now playing at the Theatre. Alastair Sim is 

cast as a very unusual detective from Scotland Yard. 


Time Out For Love 



Mat 2D Still IPL-111-P51A 

SALLY GRAY AND TREVOR HOWARD, themselves two suspects in a series of 
murders, discuss the situation after having been questioned by a detective from 
Scotland Yard. The above scene is from Eagle Lion's new mystery film, "Green 
for Danger," which is now playing at the . Theatre. * 


What’s In a Name 

Now Alastair Sim really believes in “Green for 
Danger.” 

The actor who is starred in Eagle Lion’s release of 
the suspenseful mystery of the same title, which opens 

. at the Theatre, had an 

experience on the set which left no doubt in his mind 
of the truth of these words. 

Arriving on the set of “Green for Danger” early one 
morning, Sim sat down on a metal chair. On arising, he 
discovered to his consternation, that the set had been 
freshly painted the night before—with GREEN paint. 


List of Film Stars Proves 


From Bit Player 
To Screen Star 
In Three Roles 

From bit player to screen star 
in three pictures is the record of 
Trevor Howard, whose newest 
film, “Green for Danger,” an 
Eagle Lion Films release, opens 

.at the . 

Theatre. 

Howard’s screen debut, a small 
part with David Niven in “The 
Way Ahead,” led to a more in¬ 
teresting role in “The Way to the 
Stars.” Both titles seem to have 
significance. Noel Coward saw 
Howard’s performance and quick¬ 
ly offered him the stellar role op¬ 
posite Celia Johnson in “Brief 
Encounter.” 

Limerick Invitation 

The offer and the acceptance 
ran this way: 

Said Noel Coward to Trevor 
Howard: 

“To offer you stardom, Vm 
empowered .” 

Said Trevor Howard to Noel 
Coward : 

“Pal, it’s a deal; on small 
parts Pve soured .” 

After his brilliant performance 
in “Brief Encounter,” Howard ap¬ 
peared with Deborah Kerr in “The 
Adventuress” and then was signed 
for his role in “Green for Dan¬ 
ger.” 

Howard, to date, has appeared 
in five pictures, starring in three 
of them. Not bad for a beginner. 


Sim Taught Phonetics 

Hailed as the year’s most re¬ 
freshing screen personality, Alas¬ 
tair Sim, who plays the role of 
Inspector Cockrill in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease coming soon to the. 

Theatre, once taught phonetics at 
Edinburgh University. 


Cockrill 


English Are Witty People 

Whoever said the English have no sense of humor 
evidently was no movie fan, says Sally Gray, co-star of 
.“Green for Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films release begin¬ 
ning a .-day engagement on . at the 

Theatre. 


To prove her point, Miss Gray, 
who is remembered for her per¬ 
formance with Anton Walbrook 
in “Warsaw Concerto,” offers the 
following statistics: 

Of the twenty-odd made Bri¬ 
tish-born, top-ranking players 
currently popular in the United 
States, no less than 11 are co¬ 
medians. They are: Nigel Bruce, 
Charles Chaplin, Leon Errol, Bar¬ 
ry Fitzgerald, Edmund Gwenn, 
Bob Hope, Stan Laurel, Roger 
Livesey, Alan Mowbray, David 
Niven, Jimmy Savo and Roland 
Young. 

Many Other Comedians 
Others who have played com¬ 
edy roles at one time or another 
include: Ronald Colman, Regi¬ 
nald Denny, Sidney Greenstreet, 
Charles Laughton, Victor Mc- 
Laglen, Peter Lawford and Regi¬ 
nald Owen. 

“In short, more than two-thirds 
of America’s British-born film fa¬ 
vorites are, or have been, co¬ 
medians,” Sally says. “To tilt the 
balance even more, and further 
to disprove the crack about Bri¬ 
tishers having no sense of humor, 
I give you still another comedian. 
He’s Alastair Sim, featured as 
Inspector Cockrill in our new film, 
'Green for Danger.’ 

“Sim is a versatile comedian. 
He has the pantomimic ability 
of Chaplin, the explosiveness of 
Barry Fitzgerald and grim men¬ 
ace of Greenstreet. 

Sim Is No Adonis 
“Don’t expect to see a pin-up 
Adonis. Sim is in his late forties 
and balder than Leon Errol—but 
he runs away with the picture. All 
of his co-actors in London, myself 
included, hope his work in ‘Green 
for Danger’ will land him a long¬ 
term contract with an American 
studio. In Hollywood, he won’t be 
able to steal scenes from us in 
England.” 


Stars Exchange Limericks 
On ‘Danger’ Movie Set 

For years movie actor Alastair 
Sim, currently co-starring in 
“Green for Danger,” the Eagle 

Lion Films release opening. 

. at the . Thea¬ 
tre, has had the reputation of be¬ 
ing a scene stealer. 

After the first day’s shooting 
of his new film, co-star Sally Gray 
pinned the following limerick, un¬ 
signed, on the bulletin board: 

Noted film actor Alastair Sim 

Plays his role with much 
vigor and vim; 

It’s really obscene 
To have every scene 

Deftly swiped by a blighter 
like him. 

Shortly afterward, there was 
an answer: 

I beseech you, dear friend, be 
not grim; 

With me, stealing scene's just 
a whim : 

You call me a blighter 
(Nor could you be 
righter!) 

For that's just what 1 am. 

Y ours, 

A. Sim 



Mat IB Still IPL-111-P13A 
ALASTAIR SIM is cast as Inspector 
Cockrill of Scotland Yard, a very un¬ 
usual sleuth, who is called upon to 
solve a series of very mysterious mur¬ 
ders. His methods are slow and some¬ 
times seemingly obscure, but none the 
less effective. His is the leading role in 
Eagle Lion's "Green for Danger," which 
ow playing at the 
Theatre. 


Stormy Weather 

The worse the weather was the better Sidney Gilliat 
liked it. 

Gilliat is not an umbrella salesman, as you might ex¬ 
pect, but the noted film director whose latest suspense 
movie, Eagle Lion’s release of “Green for Danger,” 
opens at the . Theatre. 

The brooding suspenseful mood of “Green for Danger” 
demanded that the outdoor scenes be photographed under 
overcast, gloomy skies. So Gilliat, contrary to most di¬ 
rectors, spent his spare time hoping that the sun would 
not shine. 


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STAR BIOGRAPHIES 


Alastair 

Sim 


Alastair Sim, featured as In¬ 
spector Cockrill in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films 

release opening . 

at the . 

Theatre, is the son of a Scottish 
judge. 

Sim was born 
in Edinburgh, 
Scotland, on Oc¬ 
tober 9, 1900, 
and was edu¬ 
cated at the 
James Gillespie 
School and at 
Edinburgh Uni¬ 
versity. At one 
time he was Pro¬ 
fessor of Pho- 
Mat 2E netics at New 

College, Edinburgh University. 

He made his first screen ap¬ 
pearance in “Riverside Murder” 
and a variety of roles have fol¬ 
lowed. The actor’s favorite role 
was in “Inspector Hornleigh on 
Holiday.” 

In 1939 he married Fiona Plas- 
kitt, winner of the Meggie Al- 
banesi Scholarship at the Royal 
Academy of Dramatic Art. They 
have one daughter, Merlith, 6 
years old. 

His favorite pastime is chess 
and h< 2 |is one of the few actors 
who dilmkes publicity. 

Stars’ Hospital Visits 
Add Realism To Roles 

Two stars of “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” the Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease opening . at the 

. Theatre, had 

their baptism of ether in the 
cause of realism for the filming 
of the new picture, described as 
an unparalleled adventure in 
screen suspense. 

The stars were Trevor Howard 
and Leo Genn, who appear as the 
anesthetist and the surgeon, re¬ 
spectively, in the exciting film 
which is set in a hospital. To get 
the feel of an operating theatre, 
both stars visited a hospital and 
witnessed operations. 

Howard was present while an 
appendix was removed and Genn 
observed a gory foot operation. 
Both agreed that once they had 
overcome the hot, dry atmosphere 
of the operating theatre and the 
discomfort of the masks over 
their faces, they became fasci¬ 
nated by the skill of the surgeon. 

Appearing with Howard and 
Genn in “Green for Danger,” 
which was produced by Frank 
Launder and Sidney Gilliat, are 
Sally Gray, Rosamund John and 
AlastaiJ^Sim. 



George Sanders 
Finds Actress 


In case screen star George 
Sanders ever decides to give up 
his screen career, he can write 
his own ticket as head of a talent 
agency. The agency, still in the 
formative stage, will probably be 
financed by Sidney Gilliat and 
Sally Gray, director and co-star, 
respectively, of “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” the new Eagle Lion Films 

release opening . at 

the . Theatre. 

Nine years ago Sanders was 
making “The Saint in London,” 
for which Miss Gray was hired 
as an extra, her first film job. 
Watching her work, Sanders was 
convinced that Sally had talent, 
and suggested using her for 
small role. 


Sally 

Gray 


Blonde-haired and hazel-eyed 
Sally Gray, starring in “Green 
for Danger,” the Eagle Lion 

Films release opening. 

.at the. 



Theatre, is fol¬ 
lowing in the 
tradition of her 
theatrical fam¬ 
ily. Her mother 
was a ballet 
dancer and her 
grandmother a 
well-known act¬ 
ress. 

Born in Lon- 
. . . don on Februarj 

Ma+2E 14, 1918, Sally’s 

dramatic talents were apparent 
by the time she was 12. She re¬ 
ceived her theatrical grounding at 
the Fay Compton Studio of Dra¬ 
matic Art. 


Sally’s first film role was oppo¬ 
site George Sanders in “A Saint 
in London.” Her best-known film, 
and incidentally her own favorite, 
was “Warsaw Concerto.” 


Operation 

The operating theatre set, 
scene of most of the action 
in “Green for Danger,” the 
Eagle Lion Films release 

opening.at the 

Theatre, 

was constructed in two 
halves to allow access to 
the cameras and the lights. 
The walls were built on 
wheels so that the set, by 
manipulation, could be ap¬ 
proached from any angle. 



Mat 2B Still IPL-111-29A 

INSPECTOR COCKRILL, AS PORTRAYED BY ALASTAIR SIM, explains to 
TrevcJsPHoward, one of the murder suspects, a possible manner in which a series 
of mysterious killings were committed. The above scene is from Eagle Lion's 
suspenseful film, "Green for Danger," which is currently playing at the 
. Theatre. 


Movie Actor Genn 
Was a Prosecutor 
At Belsen Trials 

Leo Genn, featured in an im¬ 
portant role in “Green for Dan¬ 
ger,” the Eagle Lion Films re¬ 
lease opening .at the 

.Theatre, is prob¬ 
ably the only film player ever to 
defend a murderer or to assist in 
the prosecution of several. 

Before he became an actor, 
Genn practiced law for four years. 
During the war he joined the gun¬ 
ners, rose to the rank of lieuten¬ 
ant colonel and later, as com¬ 
mander of the No. 1 War Crimes 
Investigation Team, conducted the 
Belsen investigations. 

Prosecutor at Belsen 

As assistant prosecutor at the 
Belsen trials, he obtained a con¬ 
fession from the infamous S.S. 
woman, Irma Griese, and heard 
her and other Belsen criminals 
sentenced. 

Genn has previously been seen 
in “Henry V” and on the Broad¬ 
way stage in Lillian Heilman’s 
“Another Part of the Forest.” In 
“Green for Danger,” hailed as an 
unparalleled adventure in screen 
suspense, he plays a woman-chas¬ 
ing doctor suspected of two mur¬ 
ders. 


f Green for Danger ’ Player 
Saved Ray Milland’’s Life 

When Bryan Foy, Eagle Lion vice president, received 
the first print of “Green for Danger,” he invited several 
of his friends to a screening of the film at Eagle Lion 
studios. The picture had barely started when Ray Milland, 
one of Foy’s guests, suddenly exclaimed, “Well, I’ll be a 
monkey’s uncle! That chap on the- 


Trevor 

Howard 


A descendant of the famous 
Scottish hero, William Wallace, 
screen actor Trevor Howard, star¬ 
ring in “Green for Danger,” the 
Eagle Lion Films release opening 

. at the 

. Theatre, 

has reached film stardom after 
only four pictures. 

Howard made 
his screen debut 
with David 
Niven in “The 
Way Ahead.” 
“Brief Encoun¬ 
ter,” for which 
his performance 
was acclaimed, 
was his second. 
With Deborah 
Kerr he co- 
starred in “The 


screen there—he onced saved my 
life!” 

After the screening, Milland 
told how Moore Marriott, whom 
he had recognized in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films 

release now showing at the . 

. Theatre, had been the 

engine driver — hero of an early 
silent picture, “The Flying Scots¬ 
man.” In the film, Ray, then 
known as “Spike” Milland, had 
played the villain of the piece. 
The movie’s melodramatic climax 
took place in the cab of the loco¬ 
motive hurtling along at 60 miles 
an hour. 

Fight in the Tender 

“I climbed along the side of the 
tender and viciously attacked 
Marriott, who was at the con¬ 
trols,” Milland said. “To film the 
scene, two short tracks were laid 
side by side and, while the bat¬ 
tle raged on one train, the cam¬ 
era crew filmed it from another. 

“During the struggle I toppled 
backward, hit my head against 
the ironwork of the cab and fell 
unconscious through the open 
doorway. Marriott, I learned la¬ 


ter, caught my legs in a flying 
tackle and hung on grimly while 
my head dangled between the two 
speeding trains. He knew he must 
either let go of me and halt the 
train or hang on and let the train 
crash through the barrier at the 
end of the track. 

Camera Crew Signals 

“Luckily the camera crew on 
the other train saw that some¬ 
thing had gone wrong. Their fran¬ 
tic signals attracted the attention 
of a mechanic on our train. He 
climbed along the tender and man¬ 
aged to bring the train to a 
grinding stop a few yards from 
the end of the dummy track,” 
Milland concluded. “Marriott was 
almost as frightened as I’d have 
been—had I known what was hap¬ 
pening.” 

Marriott appears with Sally 
Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund 
John and Alastair Sim in “Green 
for Danger.” Produced by Sidney 
Gilliat and Frank Launder, the 
film’s supporting cast is headed 
by Leo Genn, Judy Campbell and 
Megs Jenkins. 



Mat 2E 


Adventuress” and now he takes 
his place among the screen’s great 
stars. 

Born at Cliftonville, Kent, in 
England, on September 29, 1916, 
Howard was educated at Clifton 
College, Bristol, and studied for 
the theatre at the Royal Acad¬ 
emy of Dramatic Art. He met his 
wife, actress Helen Cherry, while 
they were both appearing on the 
London stage in “A Soldier for 
Christmas.” 

The screen star served in the 
war for two years, participating 
in the landings at Norway and 
Sicily. Later he rose to the rank 
of acting captain in an Airborne 
division. 


Radio Actor Genn 

Leo Genn, who will soon be seen 
as a woman-chasing surgeon in 
“Green for Danger,” the Eagle 

Lion Films release opening . 

. at the . Thea¬ 
tre, is also one of England’s best- 
known radio actors. 


Genn Mixes Careers 

Leo Genn, the lawyer-actor currently featured as a 
lady-chasing doctor suspected of murder in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films release opening 

at the Theatre, served with the 

British Army during the war as a prosecutor at the 
Belsen trials. During a visit of the British equivalent of 
the USO, one of the actors fell ill and Genn stepped in 
and played the role. 

Genn met the judge advocate the following day who 
told him that he had seen the play the night before. The 
judge advocate wanted to know: 

“My Lord, man, are you a lawyer or an actor?” 


Rosamund 

John 



Lovely Rosamund John, co- 
starred in “Green for Danger,” 
the Eagle Lion Films release 

opening . at the 

. Theatre, has titian 

hair and blue-gray eyes. 

Rosamund 
was born in Tot- 
■ tenham, North 
London, on Octo¬ 
ber 19, 1913, 

and' attended 
the Tottenham 
Drapers Com¬ 
pany school. Her 
first screen ap¬ 
pearance was in 
“The Secret of 
Mat 2E the Loch” and 

her favorite film role was in “The 
Way to the Stars.” She has also 
been seen in “The Lamp Still 
Burns.” 

Married to film editor Hugh 
Russell Lloyd, the 'actress has one 
son, John Howard Patrick, born 
July 31, 1945. They live in a 
charming old-world cottage in the 
village that was the setting for 
Gray’s “Elegy.” 

In “Green For Danger,” Rosa¬ 
mund John is cast as a nurse who 
figures prominently in the mys¬ 
tery. 


‘Danger’ Music 

“Green for Danger,” the Eagle 
Lion Films release opening 

at the . Thea¬ 

tre, has a musical score especially 
composed by William Alwyn to 
suit the dramatic nature of the 
story, described as “an unparal¬ 
leled adventure in screen sus¬ 
pense.” Muir Mathieson conducted 
the London Symphony Orchestra. 

For the hospital dance sequence 
of the film, the music, also writ¬ 
ten by Alwyn, was played by 
Harry Gold and his radio orches¬ 
tra. Gold collaborated with Alwyn 
in the scoring of the music. 


Suspect 


How To Keep Warm 

One of the highlight dramatic scenes in “Green for 
Danger,” the Eagle Lion Films release now showing at 
the Theatre, finds star Sally Gray 

waking up to find gas pouring into her bedroom. 

The day the scene was being filmed was especially 
cold and Sally asked if a little warmth for her cold bed 
could be provided. The ingenious prop man heated some 
bricks, wrapped them in a blanket and put them at 
Sally’s frozen feet. Director Sidney Gilliat began to 
rehearse the scene of Sally’s reawakening. 

Sally closed her eyes and started the scene. But sud¬ 
denly she reopened them—and let out a piercing scream. 

“No need to overdo it,” said Gilliat. 

“I’m not,” replied Sally as she leaped from the bed. 
“This bed’s on fire!” 



Mat 1A Still IPL-111-91A 

SALLY GRAY, who portrays a nurse in 
Eagle Lion's new film, "Green for Dan¬ 
ger," is also one of many murder sus¬ 
pects. The film which also features a 
most unusual detective, played by Alas¬ 
tair Sim, is now playing at the 
. Theatre. 


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